Birmingham Beats The Blue Wahoos, Snapping 6-Game Win Streak

July 16, 2015

Pensacola Blue Wahoos catcher Kyle Skipworth crushed his fourth homer in four games and right fielder Juan Duran knocked his first home run of the season for the team.

Pensacola lost, 14-8, Wednesday to the Birmingham Barons at Regions Field, which snapped a franchise record six wins in a row for the Blue Wahoos.

Skipworth has five homers in seven games and now leads the Blue Wahoos with seven homers on the year. His solo shot came in the fifth inning and cut Birmingham’s lead to, 6-1.

Duran’s first homer of the year was a three run shot in the sixth inning. It pulled Pensacola within, 9-4, of Birmingham. Duran went 2-3 with two runs scored and three RBIs in the game.

However, the Barons jumped out to a, 6-0, lead off of Pensacola starter Josh Smith with six hits and a walk in 3.2 innings of work. Smith’s record fell to 4-2 on the year and his ERA rose to 2.95 from 1.64.

Barons catcher Rob Brantly hit a solo shot in the second inning and center fielder Keenyn Walker smashed a two-run homer to give Birmingham a 3-0 lead and they never looked back.

In addition, Pensacola shortstop Zach Vincej went 1-5 and drove in a run to extend his hitting streak to nine games. He is batting 13-32 or .406 during his streak.

Pensacola did add four runs in the top of the ninth inning but the comeback was too little, too late.

Pensacola is now 11-8 in the second half of the Southern League season and remained in first place in the South Division, one game ahead of the Mississippi Braves and Mobile BayBears. The last time the Blue Wahoos were in first place this late in the season was July 22, 2012.

The Barons improved to 15-3 in the second half and lead the North Division.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News, Sports, TOP sports